Since April of 2005 (nearly 13 years), The Stone performance space has been a home for live creative music, six days a week, 52 weeks a year. More than 4,000 nights of New Music, up until recently, two sets per night and now one set per night. Just think about how much great, challenging, cutting edge music has happened there time and again. The Stone was founded and is still managed by Visionary Composer/Musician/Tzadik Label head John Zorn. The policy that all of the performances are curated by other musicians and that the only thing served at The Stone is the music itself, is unique and has set a good example. No food, no drinks, no music played on the PA before or after the sets. And 100% of the door money goes to the musicians. It is run by unpaid volunteers whose only compensation keeping The Stone open and running. I have attended hundreds of shows and was a long time volunteer and continue to help out in any way I can.
It is not just the music and musicians that make The Stone so great, but the volunteers and audience who are there and feel that same sense of community. We are all there to get inspired and help us get through these difficult times. If you have never been to The Stone or haven’t been there in a while, please go soon. I caught the Frank London Shekhina Orquestra earlier this week doing their LES (Lower East Side) Elegy and was blown away. Mr. London will be there through this Sunday. Next week, Tuesday - Sunday, February 20th through the 25th will be a John Zorn Improv Fest with different musicians each night - this is where different combinations of musicians musicians will improvise perhaps for the one and only time. This where where the magic takes place so… go and become a part of history! I made a list of some of the hundreds of musicians who have played at The Stone throughout its history and it is at the end of this mailing. Check it out at your leisure, it is pretty incredible..!
Starting February 27th The New Stone at The New School (55 West 13th St near 6th Ave) will take over and have performances five night a week, Tuesday - Saturday. All concerts will take place at 8:30 and The New Stone has the same number of seats. Hence, the tradition of The Stone will continue…!
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JOHN ZORN’S The Book Beriah Has Launched!
The final 92 compositions that complete the 25-year Masada legacy
CD1 Keter – SOFIA REI: crown
CD2 Chokhma – CLERIC: wisdom
CD3 Binah – SPIKE ORCHESTRA: understanding
CD4 Chesed – JULIAN LAGE-GYAN RILEY: loving kindness
CD5 Gevurah – ABRAXAS: severity
CD6 Tiferet - KLEZMERSON: beauty
CD7 Netzach – GNOSTIC TRIO: eternity
CD8 Hod – ZION80: splendor
CD9 Yesod – BANQUET OF THE SPIRITS: foundation
CD10 Malkhut – SECRET CHIEFS 3: kingship
BONUS CD  CD11 Da’at – CRAIG TABORN-VADIM NESELOVSKYI: knowledge
For the complete line-up musicians for each of the 11 discs go here: www.pledgemusic.com
There several different versions of The Book of Beriah Box-Set: Signed & Unsigned, digital download, T-Shirt and Vinyl, in many combinations. For all pre-orders go here: www.pledgemusic.com projectsjohnzornreferrer=project_launched&utm_campaign=project17525&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pledgemusic
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Upcoming Tzadik Releases:
SCOTT JOHNSON - February 23rd, 2018
KARL BERGER with KEN FILANO/JASON HWANG/TOMAS ULRICH/SANA NAGANO/LARRY PACKER - Music for Piano and Strings (Tzadik 4022; USA) - March 23rd
JOHN ZORN // JULIAN LAGE / MATT HOLLENBERG / TREVOR DUNN / KENNY GROHOWSKI - Insurrection (Tzadik 8359; USA) = April 20th, 2018
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Here is the List of Upcoming John Zorn Performances & Events from Around the World for 2018:
FEB 16-17 BAGATELLES AT NEW STONE -
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS FEBRUARY 16-17 AT 830PM
FEBRUARY 16 - Friday at 8:30:
HARRIS EISENSTADT TRIO  Chris Dingman (vibes) Trevor Dunn (bass) Harris Eisenstadt (drums) and
ASMODEUSâ€â€Marc Ribot (guitar) Trevor Dunn (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) John Zorn -cond
FEBRUARY 17 - HOLLENBERG-MILLEVOI QUARTETâ€â€Matt Hollenberg (guitar) Nick Millevoi (guitar) Johnny DeBlase (bass) Kenny Grohowski (drums) and
ASMODEUS  Marc Ribot (guitar) Trevor Dunn (bass) Tyshawn Sorey (drums) John Zorn (conductor)
FEB 20-25 IMPROV BENEFITS AT OLD STONE - FAREWELL TO THE STONE ON AVENUE C
JOHN ZORN IMPROV WEEK CELEBRATION TO RING THE BELL, CLOSE THE BOOK and QUENCH THE CANDLE FOR THE STONE - A DIFFERENT LINEUP OF SUPER STELLAR MUSICIANS EACH NIGHT COME TOGETHER FOR THESE LAST CONCERTS AT OUR HISTORIC LOCATION AT AVENUE C AND 2ND STREET! COME AND SUPPORT THE STONE! - FEBRUARY 20–25
Sunday, MARCH 11 STONE IMPROV BENEFIT MATINEE AT VILLAGE VANGUARD at 3PM
Reservations at: https://www.villagevanguard.com/reservations-info
MARCH 18 - DUO WITH MIKE PATTON IN San Francisco
APRIL 12, Thursday at 8pm - BOOK BERIAH CD RELEASE CONCERT AT SYMPHONY SPACE Featuring: Zion80, Secret Chiefs 3 and Banquet of the Spirits!
www.symphonyspace.org/event/9805/Music/john-zorns-masada-book-3-the-book-briah?spektrix_bounce=true
MAY 5 - THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL AT THE GARDNER MUSEUM, BOSTON
MAY 20 MUSIC FOR SOLOISTS AND RHYTHM SECTION MATINEE AT VILLAGE VANGUARD 3PM
Reservations at: https://www.villagevanguard.com/reservations-info
MAY 24-26 SONGS FOR PETRA TOURÂÂ
JUNE 29-30 HILDEGARD FESTIVAL AT NATIONAL SAWDUST
JULY 6 - JOHN ZORN AT THE FRICK Museum - PART ONE
1 EAST 70TH STREET NY, NY - 212-288-0700 - //www.frick.org/tickets
JULY 27 - AUGUST 5 ZORN SPECIAL EDITION AT JAZZ EM AGOSTO, LISBON
AUGUST 11 ZORN SOLO AND SIMULACRUM REGGIES IN CHICAGO
2105 South State Street, Chicago, IL. 312-949-0129
www.reggieslive.com/show/simulacrum/
SEPTEMBER 9 ZORN AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603 - (312) 443-3600
OCTOBER 5th - ZORN AT THE FRICK PART TWO - FRIDAY - 9:30 AM 10:30 PM
1 EAST 70TH STREET NY, NY - 212-288-0700 - //www.frick.org/tickets
NOVEMBER 1-3 ZORN IN SARAJEVO
NOVEMBER 4-7 BOOK BERIAH AT PORGY AND BESS IN VIENNA, Austria
NOVEMBER 5 ZORN IN DEN BOSCHÂÂ
NOVEMBER 29-30 MUSIC FOR HILMA AF KLINT AT THE GUGGENHEIM
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This is a partial and but long list of musicians who have played at The Stone from April of 2005 to February of 2018:
Bruce Ackley / Steve Adams / Jason Adasiewicz / Pheeroan AkLaff / Marshall Allen / Barry Altschul / Laurie Anderson / Ray Anderson / Lotte Anker / Michaël Attias / Aram Bajakian / Duck Baker / Newman Taylor Baker / Dave Ballou / Lucian Ban / Cyro Baptista / Andrew Barker / Lewis Barnes / Mick Barr / Matt Bauder / Louis Belogenis / Andrew Bemkey / Steve Beresford / Karl Berger / Borah Bergman / Tim Berne / Sarah Bernstein / Steve Bernstein / Michael Bisio / Jim Black / Jimmy Carl Black / Ran Blake / Samuel Blaser / Theo Bleckmann / Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz / Michiel Braam / Rob Brown / Tony Buck / Rob Burger / Charlie Burnham / Taylor Ho Bynum / Uri Caine / Roy Campbell / Marco Cappelli / Daniel Carter / Andrea Centazzo / Eugene Chadbourne / Brian Chase / Gerald Cleaver / Alex Cline / Nels Cline / Chris Cochrane / Greg Cohen / Anthony Coleman / Steve Coleman / Loren Connors / Chris Corsano / Sylvie Courvoisier / Marilyn Crispell / Chris Cutler / Jeremiah Cymerman / Andrew Cyrille / Claire Daly / Andrew D'Angelo / Matt Darriau / Carlo Acti Dato / Kris Davis / Carlo De Rosa / Robert Dick / Nick Didkovsky / Chris Dingman / Bill Dixon / Dave Douglas / Hamid Drake / Mark Dresser / Kermit Driscoll / Paul Dunmall / Trevor Dunn / Dominic Duval / Marc Edwards / Marty Ehrlich / Bruce Eisenbeil / Harris Eisenstadt / Lisle Ellis / Ellery Eskelin / Peter Evans / Michael Evans / Pierre Favre / Mark Feldman / Avram Fefer / Ken Filiano / Don Fiorino / Joe Fonda / Joel Forrester / Curtis Fowlkes / Erik Friedlander / Bill Frisell / Fred Frith / Yoshi Fruchter / Satoko Fujii / Tomas Fujiwara / Yuko Fujiyama / Steve Gauci / Jeff Gauthier / Charles Gayle / Gianni Gebbia / Joe Giardullo / Melvin Gibbs / Ben Goldberg / Vinny Golia / Dennis Gonzalez / Annie Gosfield / Frank Gratkowski / Milford Graves / Hill Greene / Drew Gress / Henry Grimes / Brian Groder / Kenny Grohowski / Andy Haas / Mary Halvorson / Simon Hanes / Joel Harrison / Curtis Hasselbring / Graham Haynes / Stephen Haynes / Mark Helias / Gerry Hemingway / Shelley Hirsch / Tim Hodgkinson / Devin Hoff / Robin Holcomb / John Hollenbeck / Yuka Honda / Hugh Hopper / Wayne Horvitz / Jason Kao Hwang / Susie Ibarra / Jon Irabagon / Shahzad Ismaily / Vijay Iyer / Mike Johnson / Russ Johnson / Henry Kaiser / Eivind Kang / Haino Keiji / Kirk Knuffke / Tim Keiper / Carla Kihlstadt / John King / Guy Klucevsek / Kramer / Oliver Lake / Andrew Lamb / Graham Lambkin / Andy Laster / Bill Laswell / Ingrid Laubrock / Matt Lavelle / Joelle Leandre / Jeff Lederer / Okkyung Lee / Jason Lescalleet / Daniel Levin / Elliott Levin / Tony Levin (UK drummer) / George Lewis / Steuart Liebig / Dave Liebman / Lukas Ligeti / John Lindberg / Frank London / Charlie Looker / Jessica Lurie / Jon Madof / Rudresh Mahanthappa / Tony Malaby / Radu Malfatti / Mat Maneri / Eyal Maoz / Christian Marclay / Denman Maroney /Brian Marsella / Billy Martin / Miya Masaoka / Pat Mastelotto / Sabir Mateen / Guido Mazzon / Joe McPhee / John Medeski / Myra Melford / Misha Mengelberg / Dave Miller / Barry Mitterhof / Matt Mitchell / Ben Monder / Jemeel Moondoc / Michael Moore / Thurston Moore / Ikue Mori / Airto Moreira / Joe Morris / Bob 'Rakalam' Moses / Ras Moshe / Tisziji Munoz / Robert Musso / Toshi Nakamura / Tatsuya Nakatani / Roy Nathanson / Reggie Nicholson / Todd Nicholson / Lucas Niggli / Oscar Noriega / Kevin Norton / Larry Ochs / Linda Oh / Pauline Oliveros / Jim O’Rourke / Evan Parker / William Parker / Zeena Parkins / J.D.Parran / Jessica Pavone / Mario Pavone / Ivo Perelman / Chris Pitsiokos / Dee Pop / Mike Pride / Massimo Pupillo / Tom Rainey / Lou Reed / Reut Regev / Ted Reichman / Marc Ribot / Gino Robair / Herb Robertson / Jason Robinson / Perry Robinson / Scott Robinson / Paul Rogers / Roberto Rodriguez / Marcus Rojas / Jay Rosen / Brandon Ross / Ned Rothenberg / Keith Rowe / Roswell Rudd / Adam Rudolph / Jamie Saft / Angelica Sanchez / Michael Sarin / Giancarlo Schiaffini / Ursel Schlicht / Irene Schweizer / Elliott Sharp / Matt Shipp / Josh Sinton / Ches Smith / LaDonna Smith / Wadada Leo Smith / Warren Smith / Dave Soldier / Tyshawn Sorey / Harvey Sorgen / Chris Speed / Jim Staley / Michael J. Stevens / Stephanie Stone / Achille Succi / Kathleen Supove / Steve Swell / Craig Taborn / Stomu Takeishi / Natsuki Tamura / Margaret Leng Tan / Chad Taylor / Ken Thompson / Michael TA Thompson / Dave Tronzo / Tomas Ulrich / Kazutoki Umezu / Taku Unami / Ken Vandermark / Greg Wall / Weasel Walter / Charles Waters / Matthew Welch / Kenny Wessel / Mark Whitecage / Doug Wieselman / Dave Willey / Matt Wilson / Christian Wolff / Kenny Wollesen / Nate Wooley / Reggie Workamn / Tatsuya Yoshida / Otomo Yoshihide….!
The entire 13 Year schedule of live performances can be viewed at: www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php